Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a contemporary of Beethoven and a piano student of Mozart’s, was famous in his day as both composer and virtuoso pianist. Some declared him Beethoven’s equal in both pursuits.

Pianist and composer Johann Hummel (1778-1837) began as a child prodigy who was taught for two years for free by Mozart and later by Haydn, and later still was friends with Beethoven and Schubert and ...

Hummel's growing reputation as a composer went alongside rather more erratic fortunes in his professional career. Then, as the Congress of Vienna brought Europe's leaders to his doorstep, he was ...

Family responsibilities led Hummel to take a permanent position at the court of Weimar, where he befriended Goethe and launched his most successful tours yet. Presented by Donald Macleod.